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G. E. VILLARET.

ELECTRIC UGHT FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. I920,

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

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' GUSTAVE E. VILLABET, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ELECTRIC-LIGHT FIXTURE.

Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Application flied June 1, 1920. Serial No. 385,526.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, GusrAvE E. VILLAnn'r, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Electric-Light Fixture, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in electric light fixtures, an object of the invention being to provide an electric light fixture which will distribute and difl'u'se the light so as to give the desired illumination in all directions and yet overcome glare.

A further object is to provide a two part electric fixture which is capable of a wide variation in design, ornamentation and coloring to provide fixtures which will be extremely attractive, and which will give the light effects desired at a reasonably low price.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations and arragements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. r

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is'a view in side elevation il1ustrating my improved fixture.

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section through the center of the fixture.

1 represents a lamp socket receiving the ordinary electric light bulb 2 and provided with the ordinary inverted ring 3 with set screws 4 to secure a globe in place. The above described parts are such as are common in the art and. my improved lixturc adapted to be conncctcd to such a structure or to any ordinary standard structure in general use. a

My improved fixture comprises three parts: namely, a globe 5, a shade (i and a ring 7 inlcrposcd between the globe and the shade. The globe 5 has a transvcrscly extended or bulbous lower portion 8 and an upwardly extending slightly tapering or conical portion 9, the latter made with an annular groove 10 to receive the scrcws 4 and clamp the globe in the fixture. This lowcr cnlargod or bulbous portion 8 of the globe 5 is prcl'crably frosted or otherwise formed so as to diffuse the rays of light which pass directly downward through the globc. and the upper portion of the bulbous lower end 8 constitutes a supporting shoulder on which the rin 7 is located.

This ring 7 is pre erably of metal and is of general angular shape in cross-section and supports thereon an inwardly and downwardl pro'ecting annular ortion 11 of the sha e 6. Ihis portion 11 is integral with the main portion of the shade 6 and may be of white glass and constitute a deflecting surface and the main portion of the shade 6 extends downwardly below the horizontal plane of the globe 5 so as to form in effect an incl'osure therefor.

It will be noted that the shade G is supported on the globe 5 with the ring 7 interposed between the shade and the globe, and this ring 7 prevents direct"contact of the glass or other materials forming the globe and the shade and prevents cracking or breaking of the glass due to the heat or to variations in the expansions and co .actions of the parts.

It is obvious that the precise shapes of the globe and the shade may be varied so that a wide variety of design, ornamentation and coloring can be resorted to Without departing from my invention and by pro viding the parts as above described, globes of one kind can be used with shades of vari-.

ous designs and coloring effects to suit conditions.

In operation, the light from the bulb 2 passes'dircctly through the upper clear glass portion 9 of the globe 5 and is deflected upwardly by the inwardly tapering portion 11 of the shade 6. The rays of light are diiluscd through the lower portion of the globe 5 and through the shade so that the rays pass downwardly and outwardly and are preferably dill uscd so as to softcn the light and reduce the glare. This difl'usion and coloring effect is. of course, varied by tho mannuf of forming and coloring the parts and I do not wish to be limited in (his particular.

' I claim: I

1. An clcctric light lixturc,comprising a globe having an annular shoulder adjacent its lowcr cod, a removable shade of appreciably grcatcr diameter than the globe, said shadc having at its upper end an inwardly and downwardly projecting annular portion spaced from the body of the shadc and sup porl'cd on said shoulder and operating as a dcllccting surface to throw a portlon of the light from the globe upwardly.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

2. An electric light, fixture, comprising a "lobe having an open upper end and Fbroughout its upper portion of general ta,- pering or conioal form, said globe having an extended or bulbous portion at its lower end, a shade iuclosin the bulbous portion of the globe find having at its upper end a downwardly and inwardly curved annular portion spaced from the body of the shade, and a metal ring interposed between said 1 last-mentioned portion and the bulbous portion of the globe.

GUSTAV E E. VILLARET. 

